Organization and Bureaucracy in Schools

The organization of schooling in the United States has been a topic of great controversy for many years. We compare ourselves to other nations weighing the pros and cons of alternative organization of education. We see the benefits of the centralized school system used in many developed European and Asian nations, but we are hesitant to move from the decentralized school system we currently have in fear that we will change elements in our system so that, "the cost of remedying the weaknesses of U.S. Education may be in the risk of undermining what have been historically regarded as it's…show more content…

Centralized nations exercise a "central state control" (Hurn, 1993, p. 22). For example, most European nations create an environment for teachers in which they "are not at the beck and call of local community opinion because teachers are not paid by the local community" (Hurn, 1993, p.23). Teachers in these nations are employees of the state and therefore receive equal pay and work under the same conditions in the workplace (Hurn, 1993, p.23). Teachers are "insulated from community politics" (Hurn, 1993, p.23), and "teachers who find themselves unpopular with local community opinion can often transfer elsewhere" (Hurn, 1993, p.23). A value for uniformity and national culture are factors that influence the centralization of schools (Hull, 1993, p.23). Uniformity is also reflected in the curriculum of centralized school systems where, "all children of the same age study a uniform curriculum throughout the country are evaluated by the same national examinations" (Hurn, 1993, p.23). Hurn explains that "the distinctive organization of U.S. schooling shapes its educational outcomes" (1993, p.27). Opportunities for a diverse population of students, teacher freedom in the classroom, and range of subject matter are a few of the strengths that can be evaluated in the decentralized school systems of the United States (Hurn, 1993, pp.27-28). However, diverse opportunities, teaching methods, and curriculum can contribute to less desirable traits in our

Traditional theories regarded organisations as autonomous and isolated from the outside world and failed to take into account many environmental influences that affect their efficiency. ‘The term Open Systems reflected the newfound belief that all organizations are unique partly because of the environment in which they operate and partly because they should be structured to adapt to unique problems and opportunities’ (Inc.com, 2014) . Hanna (1997) similarly describes an Open System as a combination of…

Bureaucracy is supposedly unsuitable to quickly changing and highly demanding features of contemporary organizations as this type of management is synonymous to red tape and it represents dozens of negative effects such as rigidity, alienation, and low commitment (Adler, 1999, pp.37). However, with core characteristics of the bureaucratic form (e.g. formalization, hierarchy and specialization) (Adler & Borys, 1996, p.1) as well as evidence of ongoing existence of this management method, bureaucracy…

Bureaucracy As A Tool For Administration In Schools, A Study Of Max Weber’s Approach
By Andrew Muringani.
Bureaucracy is one of the rational structures that are playing in an over-increasing role in modern society. Thus bureaucracy is the key feature of an organization. In schools bureaucracy endures because of the assurance of order, rationality, accountability and stability it provides to the public. The school as a system has goals to meet. The need of mass administration makes it today…

institutions. It addresses the need for: (1) ethical policies for the management of these knowledge systems, (2) critical approaches to the dominant library paradigm of information management, (3) recent efforts by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the American Library Association to craft policy on this topic, and (4) the need for and examples of collaboration with indigenous communities. Implications for social change with the implementation of socially responsible management systems…

ABSTRACT
Bureaucracy is all about the rules and regulations to manage a particular activity in the organization. This paper is about how bureaucracy used in old organizations and how it affected the processes of new organizations. It explains how bureaucracy is not applicable in today’s business environment because of many facts. As years went through there was a drastic change in the operations of the organisation. The concern moved from organization to customer service, so the bureaucratic organizations…

Bureaucracy and modern organization
Abstract: The theory of bureaucracy was proposed and published by Marx Weber (1947). Although there are some studies on this perspective were discussed before him, those theories did not form as systematic theory. After Weber, the issue of bureaucracy becomes a hot topic in the field of social organization. Almost all well-known scholars such as Martin and Henri have published their views on it. Bureaucracy adapted as the traditional organizational model during…

Introduction
A bureaucracy is a large organization that is designed to achieve a common goal through a hierarchical organization. The classic perspective on bureaucracy was proposed by German sociologist, Max Weber at the beginning of 20th century. Weber developed a theory of authority structures and described organizational activity based on authority relations. He described an ideal type of organization that he called a "bureaucracy".
The characteristics of Weber's bureaucracy
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The importance of organizations in modern economy and development of new and large organization are facts that make the issues like efficiency and control on the centre of attention in different social sciences . Efficiency in organization is directly linked with its organizational system. This essay firstly will review the characteristics of bureaucracy in organization on base of classical theory. Secondly it will outline the advantages and disadvantages of bureaucracy by focus on Weber’s bureaucratic…

Running Head: Organization and Bureaucratization: Strengths Weaknesses and Risks
Organization and Bureaucratization:
Strengths, Weaknesses and Risks
The organization of schooling in the United States has been a topic of great controversy for many years. We compare ourselves to other nations weighing the pros and cons of alternative organization of education. We see the benefits of the centralized school system used in many developed European and Asian nations, but we are hesitant to move from the…